Can someone post ringside reports from the Hagler/Finnegan fights?

[dpw417]

Very curious about the details from both fights. How much footage of Finnegan is out there?

[PbP Bacon]

Unfortunately, not a lot of online info on those fights. This article gives some very brief info:
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"Five years earlier, Finnegan had been in Boston for the first of his only two fights in the US, both against Hagler. The first was postponed twice but eventually took place on March 4th.
The audience of 5,300 at the old Boston Garden that night bore witness to a brutal war. Referee Billy Connelly didn't break a single clinch for the eight rounds, and when the end came, even though he was by then blinded in both eyes by his blood, Finnegan was still hammering away at Hagler, giving as good as he got.
By the time Dr Nathan Shapiro (at Mickey Duff's behest) ordered Connelly to stop it just after the bell had signalled the ninth, Finnegan was bleeding from cuts above both eyes, another in the middle of his forehead and a severe gash to his left cheekbone. The crowd, though pro-Hagler, saluted Finnegan's gallant display with a heartfelt ovation.
"I'd heard Hagler was as strong as a horse, but he wasn't all that strong," said Finnegan that night. "I would have knocked him out if I could have seen him, but the blood kept getting in my eyes."
Finnegan, who had rocked Hagler on several occasions, was trailing on the scorecards, albeit narrowly so. A rematch was scheduled for two months later, with a near-identical result: this time the bloodied Englishman was rescued in the seventh.
The two Hagler fights occurred in what appeared at the time to be the nadir of Finnegan's boxing career, a stretch in which he lost five of six bouts, but four of the losses came against men (Hagler, Alan Minter and Ayub Kalule) who would go on to win world titles, and the fifth was to South African Charlie Weir, who would go on to fight for a world title."

Also, some old and brief footage of Finnegan in Youtube (not the Hagler fights) against Freddy de Kerpel
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[dpw417]

Thanks for posting. appreciate the info.